Pipestone Emerging Leader - Fox Ridge LLC - FT

Bethanyswine; South Dakota; Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Overtime and weekend pay potential

Job summary

Fox Ridge LLC's Pipestone Emerging Leader program in Corsica, South Dakota, provides an accelerated training track to cultivate future leaders in swine production. The role emphasizes hands-on farm experience, leadership development, and exposure to gestation, gilt development, and farrowing processes.

Participants rotate across locations to broaden management styles, learn production, safety, HR, and biosecurity protocols, and contribute to daily production decisions and animal health.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Agriculture or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience in swine production.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.
• Exposure to livestock, odors, dust, and varying rural climates.

Responsibilities

• Learn and develop leadership skills across production and employee engagement.
• Improve leadership, management, and organizational abilities to interface with staff and stakeholders.
• Gain practical experience in top swine facilities and animal husbandry to reduce herd stress and maximize production.
• Relocate to various locations and states to broaden horizons and management styles.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Animal husbandry

Communication

Safety awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Agriculture

Job description

Pipestone Emerging Leader - Fox Ridge LLC - FT

#26-920

Corsica, South Dakota, United States

Work Location Type

Onsite

Job Description

Objective

The Pipestone Emerging Leaders (PEL) program is an accelerated training initiative designed to cultivate future leaders within Pipestone Management. Participants engage in comprehensive development through online courses, hands-on farm experience, and focus on areas such as farrowing, gestation, and gilt development.

Role and Responsibilities

• Learn and develop individual and leadership skills in all areas of production and employee engagement
• Enhance leadership, management, and organizational skills to effectively interact with employees at all levels and stakeholders.
• Gain practical experience in top swine facilities, learning specialized skills necessary for smooth workflow and becoming proficient in animal husbandry to reduce herd stress and maximize production.
• Relocate to various locations and states to broaden horizons and experience different management styles and production facilities.
• Learn and follow all production, safety, human resources, and biosecurity protocols to maximize sow and gilt production efficiency.
• Develop the ability to communicate effectively with area employees and farm management, providing daily input on production and animal health concerns.
• Complete production paperwork accurately and timely and understand how individual performance affects the organization’s finances.
• Adhere to all biosecurity, animal welfare and safety protocols and work with team members to ensure compliance.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Agriculture or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience in swine production
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities
• Farm-based setting with exposure to livestock, odors, dust, and varying temperatures in rural areas
• Requires hands-on animal handling and manual labor.
• Noise levels that require hearing protection in some areas
• Gestation, farrowing, and small swine care processes

Physical Requirements

• Standing, walking and ability to be on feet 8 to 10 hours per day
• Frequent bending, reaching, squatting and kneeling
• Frequent use of one or both hands/arms to grasp or pull
• Frequent lifting of objects weighing 3-20 pounds
• Occasional bending while pulling and/or lifting objects weighing up to 50 pounds, or requiring up to 50 pounds of force to move

Additional Requirements

• Must be able to work weekends
• Must have reliable method of transportation to get to work and assigned meetings

Benefits Summary

Benefit Package includes Paid Single Health Insurance, Family Health Coverage Available, Dental/Vision/Life/Disability Insurance, Retirement Plan and Paid Time Off. Overtime and Weekend Pay Potential!